Welcome to
Benton County, Arkansas

Benton
County, founded September 30, 1836, was formed from Washington
County, and is located in the northwest corner of Arkansas
on the Ozark plateau. It adjoins Oklahoma to the west and
Missouri to the north. The county seat is Bentonville, named in honor
of U.S Senator
Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, who was instrumental in
helping the Arkansas Territory achieve statehood in 1836.

Wondering where to post a query regarding your Benton
County ancestor? Message boards and mailing lists are different, but
each have advantages and may produce different results at different
times.

A mailing list is a place where you can have an
in-depth discussion with others who are currently researching the
same area or surname. RootsWeb mailing lists are archived, so
someone may find your post in the future, but by and large, mailing
lists are for connecting with others who are actively
researching here and now.

Messages Boards are more like the cork bulletin board
next to the water cooler. You post a note there and hope
someone sees it and responds -- either today or some time in
the future.

Your hostesses for
Benton County are Pat
Asher, Benton County Coordinator
and Nancy Feroe,
Assistant Coordinator

Thank you for visiting with us.
Please drop us a line with your suggestions, comments, or to report
any problems with this site.

Old documents, newsapers, family bibles,
photographs, etc. are precious family treasures; but are subject to
loss through fire, natural disasters, or simple aging and
less-than-perfect storage conditions. Please consider contributing an
abstract, transcription or a scanned image of your records. Your Benton
County heritage will be archived on this site and preserved for future
generations.

Our thanks to Tami
Ramsey, who maintained this site from 2003 to Feb 2007.